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This publication describes the core activities of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), including the active role played in reconstruction efforts as well as in disaster risk

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Reconstruction Plan -Basic Reconstruction Plan
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DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The document is a blueprint for the reconstruction of Iwate Prefecture following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

岩手県 Iwate Prefectural Government
Policies and plans
Policy type
National policies and plans

The policy covers the broad subjects of vulnerability assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, which constitute “comprehensive disaster management”.

Uganda - government
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Disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific, working paper series no. 24:

This note explores some of the underlying issues that are linked to gender and vulnerability to natural disasters and offers examples of how to address some of these

World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
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This informal discussion paper provides an overview of the three sub-topics on disaster laws proposed for the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (International Conference), to be convened in Geneva, from 28 November to 1

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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In Spanish:

Esta edición del Boletín Actualidad CRID publica información sobre (i) el nuevo acuerdo firmado por el CRID y la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja (FICR) para el desarrollo de actividades en Haití

Regional Disaster Information Center Latin America and the Caribbean
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150 Oxfam Briefing Paper:

As Pakistan faces another monsoon season and the likelihood of more disasters, the country is not prepared, asserts this paper. Many factors which have hampered the relief and reconstruction effort are still present, such as an

Oxfam International Secretariat
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This article summarises diagrams which are used to discuss the key elements of disaster risk management (DRM). These include the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC), and the Effective Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) diagram. The DRMC outlines the key initiatives carried out both in the Emergency Response and the Recovery Stages of a disaster; the effective DRR diagram suggests that there are five complementary factors which constitute DRR, one of these being DRM initiatives. The paper also includes a DRM planning diagram, which illustrates how government DRM plans, particularly at lowest levels, are complemented by NGO community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) initiatives.

TorqAid